Pecos River Compact Commission
Description and history of the Pecos River Compact Commission. Commissioners and TCEQ Interstate Compact Coordinator contact information. Contact information of the legal counsel assigned to the Pecos River Compact Commission by the Texas Attorney General's Office. Date of the annual meeting.
Description
The Texas Pecos River Compact Commission represents Texas on the interstate Pecos River Commission to ensure that Texas receives its equitable share of quality water from the Pecos River and its tributaries as apportioned by the Pecos River Compact. The Compact includes the states of New Mexico and Texas.
History
The Texas Pecos River Compact Commission (PRCC) is authorized by Chapter 42 of the Texas Water Code. The Pecos River Compact was signed by representatives of Texas and New Mexico on December 3, 1948. Subsequently, the Compact was ratified by both the Texas and New Mexico legislatures and was approved by Congress and signed by the President in 1949. Thus, the Compact represents both state and federal law. The Compact allocates the waters of the Pecos River between the two states and established the interstate Pecos River Commission to administer the compact. The interstate Pecos River Commission includes one commissioner appointed by the governor from each of the signatory states and one commissioner appointed by the President.
Statute
Commissioner
The Honorable Frederic "Rick" TatePecos River Compact Commissioner
P.O. Box 969
Marfa, Texas 79843
432-729-3225
Fax:432-729-3224
Term expires: January 23, 2029
E-mail: tatecattle@sbcglobal.net
Advisors
Technical:
Scott Van Winkle, Ph.D.Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 13087, MC-160
Austin, TX 78711
512-239-4696
Fax: 512-239-2214
E-mail: scott.vanwinkle@tceq.texas.gov
Legal:
Amanda Atkinson CagleOffice of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC066
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
512-475-4006
Fax: 512-320-0911
E-mail: Amanda.Cagle@oag.Texas.gov
Meeting Dates
The 2025 Pecos River Compact Commission annual meeting will be held April 8, 2025,
at the State Capitol Building, Room 305, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM at 10:00 AM CDT.
PRC 2025 Meeting Agenda
Information Links
Pecos River Commission Rules, Revised 2016
Pecos Amended Supreme Court Decree, 1988
Pecos River Accounting Final Determinations
AY 2020
AY 2021
AY 2022
AY 2023
AY 2024